With Notes of various AUTHORS, By THOMAS NEWTON, D.D. VOLUME the FIRST. L ο Ν D ο Ν : Printed for J. and R. Tonson, B. Dodd, H. IVoodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldivin, T. Longman, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, E. Dilly, MDCCLXIII. E A R L of B A T H. M MY LORD, dication to the PARADISE Lost; for he designed it, not for a single patron, but for the wise and learned of all ages. However several of the later editions have been inscribed to Lord Sommers, as a great admirer and encourager of this work : and indeed such a poem should be addressed only to the most worthy, to Lord Sommers, or One like Him a judge and patron of arts, and illustrious both in the commonwealth of men and the commonwealth of letters. But A 2 |